CVE-2026-43384

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tcp-ao: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time To prevent timing attacks, MACs need to be compared in constant time. Use the appropriate helper function for this.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/080b0e210088296dd50d6637c06c1db14246adfe
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67edfec516d30d3e62925c397be4a1e5185802fc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8be6ed64966da48b6c4726918f106c18742a5125
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a269cbdc442f8658bca35383e34b9d0b0ff95a1c